[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 12/7/2011 3:33:46 AM

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WGUS61 KPHI 070833
FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
333 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

PAZ060>062-071715-
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BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
333 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL 
  PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BERKS...LEHIGH 
  AND NORTHAMPTON. 

* FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* RAIN...1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BETWEEN DAYBREAK
  AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THIS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
  THE GREATEST RISK OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS TONIGHT.

* EXPECT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING TO OCCUR. PLEASE TRY TO TRAVEL
  ROADS THAT ARE NOT PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OR LOCATED
  NEXT TO CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS. IF SMALL STREAM FLOODING
  DEVELOPS...IT MAY PERSIST BEYOND DAYBREAK THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

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DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ067>071-071715-
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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
333 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW 
  JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST 
  MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER... 
  HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN 
  BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN 
  MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER... 
  DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* RAIN...NEW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST BETWEEN
  DAYBREAK TODAY AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD
  TO POCKETS OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE
  TYPICALLY FLOOD PRONE REGIONS OF NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY
  DELAWARE...AS WELL AS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR AND JUST
  WEST OF PHILADELPHIA...AND IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
  WHERE FLOODING HAS OCCURRED THIS FALL.

* CONSIDERABLE POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING IS EXPECTED. PLEASE
  TRAVEL ROADS THAT ARE NOT PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OR
  LOCATED NEXT TO CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS.

* THE FIRST BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING WHEN
  WIDESPREAD ONE HALF TO 1.5 INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN A 6 HOUR
  PERIOD. BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE SHOULD BE AFFECTED
  BY OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN.

* IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...IT COULD PERSIST PAST THE THURSDAY
  MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

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